Medicinal and Aromatic Plants II

Question 1

Situation in Switzerland

Answer 1

Few individual MAP growers without association to grower groups

Cultivation mostly carried out in mountain areas

30 - 50% of production is organic certified

Majority of MAP growers is organized in cooperations

Cooperations: e.g. ARGE Bergkräuter, VBKB

Question 2

Situation abroad

Answer 2

Relatively few individual MAP growers remain

Strong tendency towards grouping of growers in small, medium or large grower organizations